{"id":114,"date":"2012-08-03T22:40:47","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T22:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress?p=114"},"modified":"2015-09-08T22:34:41","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T22:34:41","slug":"mukachevo-ukraine-july-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/?p=114","title":{"rendered":"Mukachevo and Chop, Ukraine (22 photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Mukachevo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2415 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Mukachevo.jpg\" alt=\"Mukachevo\" width=\"800\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Mukachevo.jpg 800w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Mukachevo-300x132.jpg 300w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Mukachevo-508x224.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><strong>Mukachevo,<\/strong> Transcarpathian Oblast, Ukraine, a town of about 85,000 near the borders with Slovakia, Hungary and Romania that has been part of all three countries in the past. <em>(2012-07)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1. Town hall<a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/46-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Town-hall-2012-07-27.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-115 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/46-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Town-hall-2012-07-27.jpg\" alt=\"46-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Town-hall-2012-07-27\" width=\"745\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/46-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Town-hall-2012-07-27.jpg 745w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/46-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Town-hall-2012-07-27-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/a>2.\u00a0 The Latorica river <a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/47-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Latorica-2012-07-24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-116 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/47-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Latorica-2012-07-24-1024x309.jpg\" alt=\"47-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Latorica-2012-07-24\" width=\"1024\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/47-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Latorica-2012-07-24-1024x309.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/47-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Latorica-2012-07-24-300x91.jpg 300w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/47-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Latorica-2012-07-24.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>3\/4. View from my friends&#8217; apartment, in the only neighbourhood of Soviet-era apartment blocks<a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/48-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-117 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/48-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-1-1024x195.jpg\" alt=\"48-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/48-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-1-1024x195.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/48-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-1-300x57.jpg 300w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/48-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-1.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/49-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-118 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/49-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-2-1024x251.jpg\" alt=\"49-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-2\" width=\"1024\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/49-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-2-1024x251.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/49-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-2-300x74.jpg 300w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/49-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-2.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>5. Reminder that Mukachevo&#8217;s has been a Hungarian town during various periods in history. <a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/50-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-119 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/50-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-8.jpg\" alt=\"50-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-8\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/50-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-8.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/50-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-8-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/50-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-8-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>6\/7\/8\/9. The traditional style of building, which is similar across the border in Slovakia, Hungary and Romania <a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/51-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-120 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/51-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-2.jpg\" alt=\"51-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-2\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/51-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-2.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/51-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/51-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-2-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/52-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-121 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/52-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-6.jpg\" alt=\"52-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-6\" width=\"1000\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/52-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-6.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/52-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-6-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/53-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-122 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/53-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-4.jpg\" alt=\"53-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-4\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/53-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-4.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/53-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-4-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/54-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-123 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/54-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-7.jpg\" alt=\"54-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-7\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/54-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-7.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/54-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-7-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>10. School <a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/55-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-124 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/55-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-18.jpg\" alt=\"55-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-18\" width=\"1000\" height=\"872\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/55-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-18.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/55-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-18-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>11. Regional interpretation of art-nouveau <a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/56-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-125 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/56-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-6.jpg\" alt=\"56-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-6\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/56-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-6.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/56-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-6-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/56-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-27-6-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>12. New church <a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/57-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-24-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-126 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/57-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-24-3.jpg\" alt=\"57-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-24-3\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/57-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-24-3.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/57-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-24-3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>13\/14. Some other recent buildings <a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/58-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-127 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/58-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-3.jpg\" alt=\"58-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-3\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/58-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-3.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/58-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/59-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-128 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/59-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-19.jpg\" alt=\"59-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-19\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/59-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-19.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/59-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-2012-07-25-19-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>15. Palanok Castle, from where Transylvania was once ruled<a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/60-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Palanok-Castle-2012-07-25-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-129 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/60-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Palanok-Castle-2012-07-25-2.jpg\" alt=\"60-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Palanok-Castle-2012-07-25-2\" width=\"1000\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/60-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Palanok-Castle-2012-07-25-2.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/60-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Palanok-Castle-2012-07-25-2-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>16. View on Mukachevo from Palanok Castle <a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/61-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Palanok-Castle-2012-07-25-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-130 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/61-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Palanok-Castle-2012-07-25-7-1024x172.jpg\" alt=\"61-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Palanok-Castle-2012-07-25-7\" width=\"1024\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/61-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Palanok-Castle-2012-07-25-7-1024x172.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/61-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Palanok-Castle-2012-07-25-7-300x50.jpg 300w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/61-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Palanok-Castle-2012-07-25-7.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>17\/18. Near the station <a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/62-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Station-2012-07-27-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-131 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/62-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Station-2012-07-27-3.jpg\" alt=\"62-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Station-2012-07-27-3\" width=\"1000\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/62-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Station-2012-07-27-3.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/62-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Station-2012-07-27-3-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/63-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Station-2012-07-27-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-132 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/63-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Station-2012-07-27-4.jpg\" alt=\"63-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Station-2012-07-27-4\" width=\"652\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/63-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Station-2012-07-27-4.jpg 652w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/63-UA-ZA-Mukachevo-Station-2012-07-27-4-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I passed through the nearby village of <strong>Chop<\/strong> &#8211; on the Hungarian border &#8211; early in the morning when leaving Ukraine in 2009 and 2011.<\/p>\n<p>19. A street in Chop<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/4-UA-ZA-Cop-2011-08-16-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-909 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/4-UA-ZA-Cop-2011-08-16-4.jpg\" alt=\"4-UA-ZA-Cop-2011-08-16-4\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/4-UA-ZA-Cop-2011-08-16-4.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/4-UA-ZA-Cop-2011-08-16-4-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/4-UA-ZA-Cop-2011-08-16-4-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>20. Chop inland station<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/1-UA-ZA-Cop-Station-2011-08-16-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-906 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/1-UA-ZA-Cop-Station-2011-08-16-1.jpg\" alt=\"1 UA ZA Cop-Station 2011-08-16 (1)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/1-UA-ZA-Cop-Station-2011-08-16-1.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/1-UA-ZA-Cop-Station-2011-08-16-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/1-UA-ZA-Cop-Station-2011-08-16-1-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>21. The neighbouring international station, from where trains depart for the nearby Hungarian village of Zahony<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2-UA-ZA-Cop-Station-2011-08-16-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-907 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2-UA-ZA-Cop-Station-2011-08-16-2.jpg\" alt=\"2 UA ZA Cop-Station 2011-08-16 (2)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2-UA-ZA-Cop-Station-2011-08-16-2.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2-UA-ZA-Cop-Station-2011-08-16-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2-UA-ZA-Cop-Station-2011-08-16-2-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>22. 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